Subdivision Exemptions Added such as right of way exemptions
for fees in some instances. Integral services such as sewers, water, etc. also.

Discussion of
Proposed Zoning Ordinance Changes

Landscaping and
Buffers- McCormack went over all the proposed changes to Section 22. The person
responsible for maintaining buffers was outlined.It includes having the Technical Review
Committee review things that were previously just the Plan Director’s decision.
Landscaping along frontages was changed to encourage parking to be in the back
of buildings and not the front. Parking in the front increases the landscaping
requirement. Bufferyard levels were outlined in a table for each of the zoning
types. There are options for alternate options and also options for the
developer to have considered also. Some species of trees and shrubs were
eliminated due to invasiveness, maintenance difficulties, obnoxious fruits,
etc. The new ordinance changes reduce
the plant stock from the previous requirements, as the previous list actually
had so many that as they matured, they could not be kept alive. Fences have to
be appropriate materials for front yards. Chain link fences were discussed in
front yards of residential developments.

Comparison of
existing and proposed regulations- setbacks and minimum lot sizes were
changed.

Review proposed changes- A few sections of the zones had
revisions reflecting fire protection, and agricultural use protections such as
fencing. 16 dwelling units per acre was considered too dense. In fact the fire
department could not protect that density out in the county per a couple plan
commission members. They recommend 10 perhaps. McCormack will research
something between 8 and 12 per acre. He will also look at whether DNR has to
approve dry hydrants or not.

Announcements

Comprehensive Plan Update- looking at updating charts, maps,
and demographics. The staff is in the process of updating this now. Probably
having a kickoff meeting in the fall for this. They plan to look at Industrial
and commercial areas in the floodplain. Advisory members for the master plan
will be advised of progress on this and also when the public hearing for the
amendments to zoning will occur.

[NOTE: There is a
fair amount of business discussed at this meeting that was not on the agenda.]

Moment of silence for the victims of the Boston Marathon
Bombing attack at the suggestion of Kevin Lynch.

OLD BUSINESS:

Surveyor- Dennis Kraus, Jr. Appointment of licensed surveyor-
Baudendistel reviewed this with Mr Berger, the general Counsel for Association
of Indiana counties. Kraus Sr. is not paid for this and so it doesn’t run into
conflict with nepotism laws as he is not an employee. Commissioners approved Dennis Kraus Sr as the licensed surveyor.

Request to approach Council for annual line striping and
bridge funding was approved by commissioners. Listerman has to ask for the line
item. $110,000 is being requested for annual striping. Anything left over goes
back into the highway account called MvHA substitute account. Last year the bid
was at $87,000. Hoping to get it in that range again.

Kevin Lynch asked about what other dollars would be spent
for the rest of the year. Listerman said we do this once a year in May. The
only other items would be emergencies. Listerman said that he would prefer that
it be earlier so they could get equipment ordered earlier. Lynch suggested they
ask council about changing the timing of this request. Listerman said he is
just asking now for funds that are already set up in these accounts in the
budget. Lynch wants to know what requests are in the box. Grieve said that he
is asking for additional appropriations to pave. There are no funds
appropriated for that right now. Lynch doesn’t want to go to council over and
over again. Lynch wants to be involved when they are doing the highway budget
this year.

Listerman also requested to go to Council for bridge designs
for box beams and 4 bridges. He wants to maintain the box beams for about 1/3
the cost of having to rebuild the bridges. These funds should come out of cum
bridge fund. This is permission to put those line items into those accounts.
This is for designs for $75,000. Then they can get $900,000 appropriated next
year to do the projects if that money gets found for next year.

Gayle Pennington said she is doing a Budget 101 class for
new officeholders and that will help them understand how this works.Commissioners approved Listerman’s request to
go to council for the bridge funds above.

INDOT will close SR 1 for slide repair.I 275 is official
detour.Unofficial local detour will be
SawdonRridge to North Dearborn to McCann to old SR 1. This will get some money
to replace any wear and tear on those roads from feds.

FYI: Bridge 138 trying to do a federal aid design. The
condition of the bridge won’t allow us to do that. The property owner is
allowing them to move his driveway and make it a culvert design. They are doing
a revised cost and scope on this. Additional survey for driveway and railroad.
$200,000 saved on construction but $10,000 more on design.

Tim Grieve, Highway
Superintendent:

Request to approach Council for equipment and road improvements.
They are cycling the snow plow trucks across 15 years. $340,000 is the number
needed for five vehicles and two dump trucks. This money is already allocated-
just asking for permission to spend it. Dump trucks will have some out of
county bids as only one vendor is available in the county. Lischkge is the
local vendor. Their service is also very good. Lynch wants to try to keep it in
the county. Commissioners gave Grieve permission to seek equipment replacement
funds from council.

Paving is an additional appropriation request. Grieve said
he has no idea what money is available for that. Lynch thinks it is important
to sit down with Council to see what funds are needed throughout the year. He
is requesting $1million. Randall said that commissioners asked last year to see
a 3-5 year plan. Historically looking back- perhaps we could see what is
allocated on average. Lynch wants to normalize it rather than all these peaks
and valleys in the spending on roads. Lynch said the state is pushing the wheel
tax down our throat. They will penalize us if we don’t. $480,000 is at stake as
a penalty. Commissioners gave permission to seek $1million for road paving.

ADMINISTRATOR:
Teresa Randall:

Shumway and Votaw
demolition etc. is behind schedule from weather issues. This will cause
about 1 month of parking issues. She met with Hrezo and Maxwell to discuss
that. End of June before parking is available. Hrezo is to get bid documents
for next phase faster to help speed this up. She requested permission for phase
2 – fill and blacktop to authorize to proceed to the low bidder without
entering into contract. The notice of award is first. Then the notice to
proceed. Baudendistel warned them that there could be an issue with a conflict
of interest. They will request a special meeting if this looks like it will
hold up the project. Commissioners will have to decide this step- not have it
done outside of a meeting.

ATC needs to know how much fill is needed and whether or not
the brick can be used as fill. $675 is a not to exceed bid to analyze the
brick. This is a standard geotech agreement. If they complete that work by the
end of the week it keeps things on a better schedule. This is for the Shumway
brick only- the Votaw brick had already been tested per Baudendistel. Commissioners approved the contract with
ATC to test the brick.

Lynch and she continue to meet with EMS groups. They met
with Sunman EMS in Ripley county and they have a larger area in Dearborn they
cover compared to their area in Ripley County. Sunman’s agreement for 2 units at $40,000 total was approved by
commissioners.

4H fencing at County Farm by the old Animal Control area-
she has checked on getting jail road crews to help. The posts are the harder to
remove. The 4 H kid who wants to do this is using it for animal fencing. The 4H
is the recipient of this- not the kid himself per Baudendistel. Commissioners approved the ordinance
transferring personal property valued at less than $5,000 to 4 H- specifically
the fencing at posts at animal control at county farm.

May 9th the bids are due on jail and alternate.
One contractor may be low on base bid and one low on the alternate. They need
to decide if the alternate is going to be considered. They want permission of
up to the $800,000 to be advertised ahead of the Council meeting in May. If not
it will delay the project by a month or more. The commissioners can still decide not to pursue the $800,000 request
for the alternate even though it will be advertised. She asked for them to advertise for $1million for the alternate to be
safe. Commissioners approved.

AUDITOR: Gayle
Pennington- April 2 minutes approved. Claims approved.

ATTORNEY: Andy
Baudendistel – presented 2 ordinances at Council last week. Ordinance 1
transferred old jail bond funds to county general. Council approved.
Commissioners also approved tonight. Ordinance 2 modified description
requirements of the West Harrison TIF district to clarify those properties for
the auditor’s office. This also states how to properly identify these in the
future also for TIF districts. Council approved and tonight Commissioners
approved.

Monday, April 08, 2013

Adolfo Lopez appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for bond reduction. Lopez and 108 other individuals were charged with numerous nonviolent crimes involving a chain of Acapulco Mexican restaurants co-owned by Lopez. Specifically, Lopez was charged with six class C felonies and four class D felonies. The trial court set Lopez’s bond at $3,000,000 surety plus $250,000 cash. On appeal, Lopez asserts the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for bond reduction. Finding the bond excessive, we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the motion for reduction. Therefore, we reverse and remand.

Surveyor- Dennis
Kraus, Jr.- appointment of a licensed surveyor- Baudendistel said Dennis
Kraus Sr. is licensed but Dennis Kraus Jr. is not. Dennis Kraus Sr. is NOT
compensated for this work so Baudendistel was going to check to be sure this
was not a conflict. Tabled.

Article 5 section 520
contents of an application for a zoning map amendment- this was concerning the
sewer district certification portion. These were also reviewed by the Regional
Sewer District Board and their attorney. No public commented. Commissioners approved this ordinance

Article 23 Section
2320- Site Plan requirements- this was related to any utility service
providers for the site.No public commented
on this. Commissioners approved this
ordinance.

Proposed Text
amendment to Subdivision Control Ordinance:

Article 7 Certificate
E- County Recorder’s Certificate- simplified to make it applicable to
everything. They don’t have cabinets and slides anymore in the recorders office
per recorder. No public commented. Commissioners
approved the ordinance.

Mark McCormack
invited commissioners to their Planning and Zoning Meeting April 22nd-
where they will be going over more proposed ordinance changes and the annual
report was also sent to commissioners.

Kevin Lynch asked McCormack
aboutFire and EMS wanting to be
asked about capacity to cover new developments. McCormack said they have been
having issues with getting timely responses from them and developers having
issues with being held up with their response. Notifying them would be
different from asking for a response. They will discuss this further in the
future. Lynch said the one he had heard complaint about was a commercial
property.

Assessor – Gary
Hensley- Signatures for New Construction and Trending Contract-
Baudendistel had no issues with it. Commissioners
approved the new contract.

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Todd Listerman, Highway Engineer:

Notice of award and
proceed for Bridge 49 Ester Ridge Road- Replacement of superstructure-
Duncan Robinson low bid out of Franklin IN was approved by commissioners . Cost
was under $193,850. Signatures for North
Dearborn Rd- Change Orders 006-0010- this project will be finished in July,
weather -permitting. Change orders approved are listed below:

$107,476 is the amount for change order # 006- for different
type of structural backfill required.

$ 1894.50 paved side ditch changed out to riprap and side
ditches with sod- change order #007

$29,031.00 LESS so it is deductedfor change order #010 – to revise traffic
control for the project.

$0.00 – Change order #011- completion date revised due to
subgrade changes in the substrate with removal and stone added. This adds 7
days for that work. Completion is Dec 3, 2012 now for the INTERMEDIATE date
phase 1 on the project. This just makes it match up on the paperwork for the
project.

Ethics disclosure statement was signed also by Bill Black
and Mary that goes in with this. Black advised commissioners that Jacob Jump
will be using his building for dog training again. Commissioners had no issues
with this.

ADMINISTRATOR:
Teresa Randall-

Update on jail-
has been put out for bid- documents are good. Bidders can tour the current
facility. May 9th at2 PM bid
opening and Lynch will be present. There is a delay to the 21st of
May for regular meeting. She may be calling for a special meeting.Council follows at 6:30 PM on 21st.
they are arranging for parking to use William Street with Lawrenceburg Zoning
Board. Using the Shumway –Votaw was appreciated by Lawrenceburg for parking.

4 H contacted Randall
again- regarding the fencing around the old animal shelter. The 4 H member
is going to recycle it. Randall is checking to make sure no one else needs it.
Baudendistel said he would write up something to cover the procedure of
transferring this property for this. They are thinking of using community
corrections to get the posts out safely.

Bill Shelton contacted Randall about the old animal shelter
trailer out there. He recommends scrapping that and getting it out from being
insured. She will forward the photos of these items to commissioners. This will
be on the agenda for next meeting.

Phones ordered for new county phones- starting with adm
bldg.

Senator Donnelly will be at IVY Tech Wed at 10:30- for
America Works Act. His aide connected them with grants for Fire and EMS. They
have selected 25 business leaders to have a jobs round table at the event
Wednesday.

Robert Hoffmeier retired at age 86 from the Hospital Board.
Randall was glad commissioners made that meeting to congratulate him.

County web page has been migrated to auditor’s server- they
are hosting it now. They will have meetings to work on the web page further.

ATTORNEY: Andy
Baudendistel- none

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS-
Kevin Lynch- reiterated looking at the workforce with Senator Donnelly and
also with Luke Messer. He wants these people to know where Dearborn County is.
They have been to Dearborn twice in their first 4 months of office.

Art Little- agreed with Lynch and wants to have a friendly
interaction with representatives.

Shane McHenry- reportedthe Brown Building partially collapsed in Moore’s Hill. They are in the
process of clean up.

LATE ARRIVAL
INFORMATION- County recorder-Glenn Wright- said there is an issue with
vehicles that are almost permanently parked in some spots. Lynch said maybe
they can use EMA spaces for those long term parkers. Randall said they are
looking at this issue.Bill Black- EMA
said the assessors car was towed in and the one the prosecutor Aaron Negangard
had wrecked was out there too. They need the spaces esp with jail construction
coming up.